synthetic oil/redline oil
03-31-2004, 04:32 PM
#1
Teching In
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 15
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
synthetic oil/redline oil been using 5w 30 mobil 1 since 11k when i got it...has about 37k on it now, my question is when is a good time to switch to 10w 30 mobil 1 or switch oils all together to redline oil???i only drive the car once in awile so its not my daily.
also heard redline oil helps with our ls1's louder than norm valvetrain noise, any truth to this??
thanx for any help guys!!
also heard redline oil helps with our ls1's louder than norm valvetrain noise, any truth to this??
thanx for any help guys!!
03-31-2004, 06:19 PM
#2
Launching!
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Ashburn, VA
Posts: 272
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well, you are already using a high quality synthetic. And in general you should pick 1 oil and stick to it (for reasons I wont get into).
If you really want to switch Amsoil or Redline are both probably tops synthetic wise...although I prefer Amsoil since it's PAO/Ester blend base stock vs. Redline which is pure Ester... (ester is great- but better suited to jet engines where the temperatures are greater whereas the blend is more versatile).
We had a '95 Explorer until recently (traded it on a new one)...the motor from the Explorer now has almost 300,000 miles of very heavy use miles on it (the dealerships head tech actually pulled the motor to replace the ailing one in his ranger since it wasnt worth much for them to resell) ... Compression & leakdown are on par with most motors with 1/10 that number of miles... Coincidence or not- it's good enough for me. My rig (Jeep) had 95k miles- Amsoil, and is good as new as well.
Dunno about the noise factor.
If you really want to switch Amsoil or Redline are both probably tops synthetic wise...although I prefer Amsoil since it's PAO/Ester blend base stock vs. Redline which is pure Ester... (ester is great- but better suited to jet engines where the temperatures are greater whereas the blend is more versatile).
We had a '95 Explorer until recently (traded it on a new one)...the motor from the Explorer now has almost 300,000 miles of very heavy use miles on it (the dealerships head tech actually pulled the motor to replace the ailing one in his ranger since it wasnt worth much for them to resell) ... Compression & leakdown are on par with most motors with 1/10 that number of miles... Coincidence or not- it's good enough for me. My rig (Jeep) had 95k miles- Amsoil, and is good as new as well.
Dunno about the noise factor.
03-31-2004, 08:47 PM
#4
9 Second Club
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,195
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by felton316
If you still have a factory warranty, do not use redline. GM will void your warranty because its not API certified.
I worked at a dealer for 5 years, and do you really think they are going to have the oil lab tested. It looks just like all the other oil. I use Redline 10W40 in my car. Never had any issues with it.
04-01-2004, 04:40 AM
#5
TECH Senior Member
Originally Posted by z28hokie
If you really want to switch Amsoil or Redline are both probably tops synthetic wise...although I prefer Amsoil since it's PAO/Ester blend base stock vs. Redline which is pure Ester... (ester is great- but better suited to jet engines where the temperatures are greater whereas the blend is more versatile).
Redline's base oil is not 100% polyol esters though, it does use PAO in it. It's got about 60-65% PAO and 35-40% esters.
Read these:
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/...c;f=1;t=005994
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/...c;f=1;t=005941
